Christopher Benfey
Biographic Data
| ID | 1086449 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Christopher Benfey |
| GIVEN NAMES | Christopher |
| FAMILY NAME | Benfey |
| SIGNATURE | BENFEY C |
| AFFILIATIONS | McGill University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1985 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Great Wave
When the United States entered the Gilded Age after the Civil War, argues cultural historian Christopher Benfey, the nation lost its philosophical moorings and looked eastward to "Old Japan," with its seemingly untouched indigenous culture, for balance and perspective. Japan, meanwhile, was trying to reinvent itself as a more cosmopolitan, modern state, ultimately transforming itself, in the course of twenty-five years, from a feudal backwater to…
Degas in New Orleans
Degas in New Orleans
Journal Article Degas in New Orleans: Encounters in the Creole World of Kate Chopin and George Washington Cable. By Christopher Benfey. (New York: Knopf, 1997. xii, 294 pp. $27.50, ISBN 0-679-43562-X.) Get access Peter Gibian Peter Gibian McGill University, Montreal, Canada Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 85, Issue 3, December 1998, Pages 1087–1088, https://doi.org/10.23…
Stephen Crane, Journalism, and the Making of Modern American Literature
This critical study of Stephen Crane's journalism examines the climate of change that had begun to blur the line between non-fiction writing and fiction in Crane's era and provides insight into the masculine aesthetic Crane championed in his urban reportage, travel writing and war correspondence
Dickinson
Emily Dickinson and the Problem of Others
The vivid story of a tightly knit group of travelers--connoisseurs, collectors, scientists--who dedicated themselves to exploring and preserving what they referred to as Old Japan and Old Japan's lasting influence on the culture of Gilded Age America. After the Civil War, the United States--as cultural historian and critic Christopher Benfey argues--lost its philosophical moorings and looked eastward, to Old Japan and its seemingly untouched indi…
Degas in New Orleans
Journal Article Degas in New Orleans: Encounters in the Creole World of Kate Chopin and George Washington Cable. By Christopher Benfey. (New York: Knopf, 1997. xii, 294 pp. $27.50, ISBN 0-679-43562-X.) Get access Peter Gibian Peter Gibian McGill University, Montreal, Canada Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 85, Issue 3, December 1998, Pages 1087–1088, https://doi.org/10.23…
Dickinson
Emily Dickinson and the Problem of Others
The vivid story of a tightly knit group of travelers--connoisseurs, collectors, scientists--who dedicated themselves to exploring and preserving what they referred to as Old Japan and Old Japan's lasting influence on the culture of Gilded Age America. After the Civil War, the United States--as cultural historian and critic Christopher Benfey argues--lost its philosophical moorings and looked eastward, to Old Japan and its seemingly untouched indi…
Degas in New Orleans
Journal Article Degas in New Orleans: Encounters in the Creole World of Kate Chopin and George Washington Cable. By Christopher Benfey. (New York: Knopf, 1997. xii, 294 pp. $27.50, ISBN 0-679-43562-X.) Get access Peter Gibian Peter Gibian McGill University, Montreal, Canada Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 85, Issue 3, December 1998, Pages 1087–1088, https://doi.org/10.23…
Stephen Crane, Journalism, and the Making of Modern American Literature
This critical study of Stephen Crane's journalism examines the climate of change that had begun to blur the line between non-fiction writing and fiction in Crane's era and provides insight into the masculine aesthetic Crane championed in his urban reportage, travel writing and war correspondence
Degas in New Orleans
The Great Wave
When the United States entered the Gilded Age after the Civil War, argues cultural historian Christopher Benfey, the nation lost its philosophical moorings and looked eastward to "Old Japan," with its seemingly untouched indigenous culture, for balance and perspective. Japan, meanwhile, was trying to reinvent itself as a more cosmopolitan, modern state, ultimately transforming itself, in the course of twenty-five years, from a feudal backwater to…
History (6 works) · Art (5 works) · Art history (4 works) · American and British Literature Analysis (3 works) · Creole language (2 works) · George (robot (2 works) · Gilded Age (2 works) · History (2 works) · Media studies (2 works) · Musicology and Musical Analysis (2 works)